Abortionists Are Criminals, Women Aren’t

Abortionists Are Criminals, Women Aren’t

Clarke D. Forsythe, acting president of Americans United for Life, explain in an op-ed for the L.A. Times that abortionists are criminals, women aren’t:

In his latest gambit to capture the news cycle, Donald Trump said Wednesday that “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who abort. (His Director of Retractions shortly thereafter issued a clarification.) The Republican front-runner’s misguided notion contradicts historical legal strategies and is contrary to the long-held policies of state and national pro-life organizations.

Also, at National Review Online, Forsythe explains why the law target abortionists rather than women:

As everyone who hasn’t been in a coma knows by now, Donald Trump said on Wednesday that “there has to be some form of punishment” for women who abort. (His overworked Director of Retractions immediately issued one clarification, and then another.) Trump’s misguided impulse is contradicted by state and federal policy for the past century and flies in the face of the long-held policies of state and national pro-life organizations.